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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>86139</law_id><section_number>30-34.5</section_number><catch_line>Printing and distribution of Acts of Assembly</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="30">General Assembly</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="3.1">Legislative Support Commission</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The Commission shall, within 45 days following the adjournment of the General Assembly sine die, send to each requesting member of the General Assembly a copy of each Act of Assembly signed by the Governor or if otherwise enacted into <span class="dictionary">law</span>, in the form in which it is signed by the Governor or otherwise enacted into <span class="dictionary">law</span>. Each act so sent shall be clearly denominated with the House of Delegates or the Senate bill number assigned to it by the respective houses of the General Assembly. <a id="paragraph-308507" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The Commission shall also requisition, through the Division of Legislative Automated Systems, as soon as approved by the Governor, not in excess of 5,000 copies of the acts and joint resolutions of the General Assembly. These it shall have bound in ordinary half binding, with the index and tables required by <span class="dictionary">law</span> to be printed with the acts and joint resolutions of the General Assembly, and as soon as practicable after the close of each session of the General Assembly, shall deliver by mail, express or otherwise, if requested pursuant to &#xA7;&#xA0;<a class="law" title="Request and distribution of state publications" href="/30-34.4_1/">30-34.4:1</a>: <a id="paragraph-308508" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B1" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> One copy to the Governor; and such additional copies as may be requested for use in the Governor&#x2019;s office; <a id="paragraph-308509" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B2" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> One copy to each of the Governor&#x2019;s secretaries; <a id="paragraph-308510" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B3" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> One copy to each head of department; each division of the Governor&#x2019;s office, the Commissioner of the Virginia Workers&#x2019; Compensation Commission, the Employment Commission and the Department of Motor Vehicles, the Director of the Department of Wildlife Resources and the Executive Secretary of the Compensation Board and the Director of the Virginia Retirement System; <a id="paragraph-308511" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B4" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> As many copies to the Division of Legislative Services as may be required by the Division for its use or for exchange with other states; <a id="paragraph-308512" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B5" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> One copy to each member of the General Assembly; however, up to four additional copies may be obtained upon application to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems; <a id="paragraph-308513" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B6" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">6.</span> One copy to the Lieutenant Governor; <a id="paragraph-308514" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B6"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B7" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">7.</span> One copy to each <span class="dictionary">judge</span>; <a id="paragraph-308515" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B7"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B8" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">8.</span> Five copies to the State Corporation Commission; <a id="paragraph-308516" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B8"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B9" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">9.</span> Twenty-five copies to the <span class="dictionary">Attorney General</span>; <a id="paragraph-308517" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B9"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B10" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">10.</span> One copy to the reporter of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span>, and each clerk of any <span class="dictionary">court</span>, attorney for the Commonwealth, Commissioner of the Revenue, Treasurer, public library, school board, <span class="dictionary">judge</span> and clerk of any <span class="dictionary">court</span> held in this Commonwealth under the <span class="dictionary">laws</span> of the United States and each attorney and marshal in this Commonwealth holding office under the United States; <a id="paragraph-308518" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B10"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B11" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">11.</span> One copy to the city manager of a city, the mayor of a town and the county administrator, manager or executive depending on the county&#x2019;s form of government; however, an additional copy for use within the city, town or county may be obtained upon application to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems; <a id="paragraph-308519" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B11"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B12" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">12.</span> Five copies to The Library of Virginia; <a id="paragraph-308520" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B12"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B13" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">13.</span> Five copies to the State <span class="dictionary">Law</span> Library; <a id="paragraph-308521" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B13"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B14" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">14.</span> One copy to the head of each institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-308522" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B14"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B15" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">15.</span> One copy to the library of each institution of higher education in the Commonwealth; <a id="paragraph-308523" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B15"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B16" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">16.</span> One copy to the Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind; <a id="paragraph-308524" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B16"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B17" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">17.</span> Five copies to the Clerk of the Senate for the use of the Senate; <a id="paragraph-308525" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B17"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B18" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">18.</span> Ten copies to the Clerk of the House of Delegates for the use of the House; <a id="paragraph-308526" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B18"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B19" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">19.</span> Three copies to the Auditor of Public Accounts; <a id="paragraph-308527" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B19"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B20" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">20.</span> Three additional copies to the Comptroller; <a id="paragraph-308528" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B20"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B21" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">21.</span> One copy to the county attorney in those counties which have created the office of the county attorney; <a id="paragraph-308529" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B21"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B22" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">22.</span> One copy to the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission; <a id="paragraph-308530" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B22"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B23" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">23.</span> One copy to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Delegates; <a id="paragraph-308531" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B23"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B24" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">24.</span> One copy to the Senate Committee on Finance and Appropriations; and <a id="paragraph-308532" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B24"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B25" class="indent-1"><p><span class="prefix-number">25.</span> One copy to the Division of Legislative Automated Systems. <a id="paragraph-308533" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/30-34.5/#B25"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1980, c. 687; 1983, c. 108; 1987, c. 128; 1992, c. 857; 1994, c. 64; 2020, c. 958.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
